Sarah Rose Cavanagh
@sarosecav.bsky.social
Psychologist. Sr Assoc Director Teaching & Learning @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social. Author of SPARK OF LEARNING, HIVEMIND, & MIND OVER MONSTERS
Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
Writes about emotions, teaching, brains. Enjoys speculative fiction, Halloween, and the sea. sarahrosecav.com
Pinned
Welcome new skeeters to the blue blue sky!
I'm a psychologist studying emotions, learning, equity, & mental health in higher education; a writer of creative nonfiction; a thespian (president of a high school drama society); and love brains, dogs, Halloween, and the natural world.
I'm a psychologist studying emotions, learning, equity, & mental health in higher education; a writer of creative nonfiction; a thespian (president of a high school drama society); and love brains, dogs, Halloween, and the natural world.
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
Without citing Kenneth Branagh, name a Shakespeare adaptation.
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Without citing Kenneth Branagh, name a Shakespeare adaptation.
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
(I know the challenge is to name a deep cut title but I just loved this one so, I might go rewatch it right now)
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Tree selected, snow is falling
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Tree selected, snow is falling
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (if this isn’t a “date yourself” post I don’t know what is)-
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen (if this isn’t a “date yourself” post I don’t know what is)-
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Tom Petty
Queensychre
Phish
Tori Amos
Depeche Mode
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Amazon who? @bookshop.org has free shipping all weekend!
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Amazon who? @bookshop.org has free shipping all weekend!
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: I need a name for this prince *writes down "Jeffrey"* but I need all of my readers to hate him immediately *changes the e to an o* nailed it
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN: I need a name for this prince *writes down "Jeffrey"* but I need all of my readers to hate him immediately *changes the e to an o* nailed it
kiddo is home from college and her singing is reverberating through the house my happiest place
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
kiddo is home from college and her singing is reverberating through the house my happiest place
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Ugh, do you ever read a beautiful sentence and both feel blessed to have read it and also filled to the gills with despair because that's never coming out of your pen/pencil/word processor?
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ugh, do you ever read a beautiful sentence and both feel blessed to have read it and also filled to the gills with despair because that's never coming out of your pen/pencil/word processor?
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
No?
Oh yea, no, me neither.
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
What is this melodramatic cinematographic deliciousness?
I tried ep 1 season 1 when it came out and it was all grey-ish-lit people in suits rubbing their faces and yelling about stocks. This.... is not that.
www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
I tried ep 1 season 1 when it came out and it was all grey-ish-lit people in suits rubbing their faces and yelling about stocks. This.... is not that.
www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
Industry Season 4 Teaser Trailer Sets Release Date for HBO TV Show
HBO has released the teaser trailer for Industry Season 4, the hit drama series set in the chaotic world of high finance.
www.comingsoon.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What is this melodramatic cinematographic deliciousness?
I tried ep 1 season 1 when it came out and it was all grey-ish-lit people in suits rubbing their faces and yelling about stocks. This.... is not that.
www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
I tried ep 1 season 1 when it came out and it was all grey-ish-lit people in suits rubbing their faces and yelling about stocks. This.... is not that.
www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/...
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Look, we all agree this is amazing. But we used to live comfortable in the understanding that you had to invite Chotiner in, like a vampire.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
my goodness:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
ALT: a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Look, we all agree this is amazing. But we used to live comfortable in the understanding that you had to invite Chotiner in, like a vampire.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
It's almost Spotify Wrapped season for those who celebrate, and the big question in my mind is whether they learned their lesson last year. I'm convinced last year's inexplicable looking-creative but actually being sort-of-boring-and-nonresonant was the result of heavy AI reliance.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's almost Spotify Wrapped season for those who celebrate, and the big question in my mind is whether they learned their lesson last year. I'm convinced last year's inexplicable looking-creative but actually being sort-of-boring-and-nonresonant was the result of heavy AI reliance.
It’s a soup kinda night
a person is holding a bowl of soup with a spoon
ALT: a person is holding a bowl of soup with a spoon
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It’s a soup kinda night
Omg read this Bluesky
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Omg read this Bluesky
There are too many social networks.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There are too many social networks.
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Reposted by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Hello #POD25 reception!
@thomasjtobin.bsky.social @jamesmlang.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social @bonni208.bsky.social
@thomasjtobin.bsky.social @jamesmlang.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social @bonni208.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM